Background
A Foundation Built on Purpose
The Friesen Harvey's Home of Hope (HoH) was established in 2011 with the generous support of the Friesen Harvey family a permanent facility in Boroboro Parish, Adekokwok Sub-County, Lira City. Born from the recognition that adolescent girls in Lango needed more than temporary support: they needed a safe, nurturing environment where they could heal, skill up and reclaim their sense of self.
HoH is proof that when you invest in the infrastructure and conditions for community-led development, the return is exponential. It is where SRHR screenings happen. Where SHGs meet. Where soap is produced, where poultry are raised under solar-lit shelter and where backyard gardens grow tomatoes and eggplant for nutrition and income.
It is where the Safe Space is rising brick by brick, toward the day when any girl in Boroboro can walk in and access health information without fear.
Our Interventions
Vocational Training
Skills for Life- Hairdressing & cosmetology
- Tailoring & garment cutting
- Bakery & catering
- Liquid soap production
- Poultry keeping & management
- Backyard kitchen gardening
Health & Wellbeing
Care & Guidance- HIV/AIDS, UTI, malaria & pregnancy screening via Boroboro HCIII
- 6 SRHR health trainings per cohort
- Psychosocial counselling & guidance
- Solar lighting installed for child safeguarding
Education & Enterprise
Learning & Growth- School sponsorships with 8 rural partner schools, Lira & Kole
- Scholastic materials for 700+ children
- Reusable sanitary pads for 560+ girls
- 50 desks donated & 2 classrooms renovated (Lira, 2023)
- HoH Soap Enterprise 491+ bars produced (2025)
- Poultry enterprise over 50 chicks stocked
Foundation, walling & ring beam complete. A permanent rescue centre and digital SRHR information hub for girls and women in Boroboro. Seeking dedicated funding for completion of 3 remaining construction levels.
Stories of Change
Every name below belongs to a real person who arrived with a hardship and left with a future.
When Solome arrived at the Home of Hope, she had nothing no income, no skills, no clear path forward. By the time she graduated with a hairdressing kit and a certificate, something had shifted.
'I am earning UGX 20,000 a week now. I am saving. One day I will have my own salon.'
She is not waiting for someone to rescue her. She is building her own rescue.
Akello's father has 15 children across multiple households. He could not afford fees. Without CAPAIDS's sponsorship, Akello would have joined the thousands of girls who drop out before Primary 7.
Instead, she sat her Primary Leaving Examinations in 2025.
'I want to be a nurse. Thank you for not giving up on me.'
We are not giving up on her.
Eveline received the highest disbursement in her savings group's second cycle UGX 600,000 and reinvested every shilling in her business.
She did not need a grant. She needed a system: consistent rules, collective accountability and a community that believed in her. The VSLA gave her that.
Now she explains financial literacy to neighbours who have not yet joined.
Friesen Harvey's Action
Our Impact in Numbers.
At CAPAIDS Uganda, every girl or young woman who arrives at the Friesen Harvey's Home of Hope carries a story of hardship. Every girl who leaves carries tools, skills and a certificate. The difference between those two moments is funded by people like you.
2022–23
2023–25
2025–26
levels remaining
The Safe Space
A permanent rescue centre and digital SRHR information hub for girls and women in Boroboro. Foundation, walling and ring beam are complete.
We are seeking dedicated funding for completion of 3 remaining construction levels toward a space where every girl can access health information without fear.
Foundation · Walling · Ring beam complete. 3 levels remaining.
Construction Milestones
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FoundationGroundwork laid and cured (complete)
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WallingStructural walls erected (complete)
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Ring BeamConcrete ring beam set (complete)
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Level 4 — RoofingAwaiting dedicated funding
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Level 5 — Interior Fit-outAwaiting dedicated funding
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Level 6 — Digital SRHR HubAwaiting dedicated funding
Skilling — Together We are Building futures, One girl at a time, Secured Future to start Over!